# Botticelli March 2024 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 26, 2024, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124 "2024-02-26T22:47:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/161 "2024-03-23T16:40:35Z")
Did Vida Blue (the band) have a rhythm section? Anyway, on the IQs: 1. Were you one half of an early film comedy duo? 2. Were you nicknamed “The Bull of the Woods” for your deep, booming voice? 3. Were you a session guitarist who played on virtually all of Michael Jackson’s _Thriller_? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/162 "2024-03-23T16:58:40Z")
1. Were you one of the authors who wrote **Sorcery and Cecelia**? 2. Did you marry Jaelithe in the **Witch World** books? 3. Does Gina Bellman play you on _Leverage_ and _Leverage: Redemption_? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/163 "2024-03-23T17:06:43Z")
Welcome back, **kitap!** Hope you’re doing better. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/164 "2024-03-23T17:20:51Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _The Vampire: Its Kith and Kin_? > 2. Did John Astin play you as a villainous comic antihero in a made-for-TV movie? > 3. Were you the first man to appear on the cover of _Playboy_? Dunno, not Satan-Man and not Stan Musial. > [@SunUp](#): > > Did Vida Blue (the band) have a rhythm section? > > Anyway, on the IQs: > > 1. Were you one half of an early film comedy duo? > 2. Were you nicknamed “The Bull of the Woods” for your deep, booming voice? > 3. Were you a session guitarist who played on virtually all of Michael Jackson’s _Thriller_? Russell Batiste Jr., the third-named member of Vida Blue in that Wiki article, is a drummer, so I guess so. Not Stan Laurel, dunno and dunno. > [@kitap](#): > > 1. Were you one of the authors who wrote **Sorcery and Cecelia**? > 2. Did you marry Jaelithe in the **Witch World** books? > 3. Does Gina Bellman play you on _Leverage_ and _Leverage: Redemption_? Dunno x3. Yes, a warm welcome back, **kitap**! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/165 "2024-03-23T18:34:22Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > Did Vida Blue (the band) have a rhythm section? > > > > Anyway, on the IQs: > > > > 1. Were you one half of an early film comedy duo? > > 2. Were you nicknamed “The Bull of the Woods” for your deep, booming voice? > > 3. Were you a session guitarist who played on virtually all of Michael Jackson’s _Thriller_? > > Russell Batiste Jr., the third-named member of Vida Blue in that Wiki article, is a drummer, so I guess so. > > Not Stan Laurel, dunno and dunno. So - rhythm and blues, then? Correct, General Edwin V. Sumner, and Steve Lukather. DQ1: Real? DQ2: Male? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/166 "2024-03-23T20:17:21Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you write _The Vampire: Its Kith and Kin_? > > 2. Did John Astin play you as a villainous comic antihero in a made-for-TV movie? > > 3. Were you the first man to appear on the cover of _Playboy_? > > Dunno, not Satan-Man and not Stan Musial. #1 was Montague Summers. #2 was Evil Roy Slade. #3 was swingin’ Peter Sellers. 3 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/167 "2024-03-23T23:20:23Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Were you one of the authors who wrote **Sorcery and Cecelia**? > 2. Did you marry Jaelithe in the **Witch World** books? > 3. Does Gina Bellman play you on _Leverage_ and _Leverage: Redemption_? Caroline Stevermer (with Patricia Wrede), Simon Tregarth, Sophie. Thank you; I had a close, completely unexpected, death in the family. 3 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2024, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/168 "2024-03-24T15:31:49Z")
DQ: Last name starts with S? 2 DQs reserved. IQs: 1. Did you play the old faithful family retainer in _The Last Remake of Beau Geste_? 2. Were you a WWI fighter pilot celebrated in song and story? 3. Were two characters in a recent sitcom named after you? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/169 "2024-03-25T02:22:39Z")
My condolences, **kitap.** > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > … > IQs: > > 1. Did you play the old faithful family retainer in _The Last Remake of Beau Geste_? > 2. Were you a WWI fighter pilot celebrated in song and story? > 3. Were two characters in a recent sitcom named after you? Dunno, not Snoopy and dunno. S. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with S ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/170 "2024-03-25T04:22:28Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a former baeball player turned barkeep? 2. Were you the real-life pitcher that #1 was based on? 3. Were you the German royalty who Parliament decreed would be the ancestor of the British royal family? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/171 "2024-03-25T13:38:58Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you play the old faithful family retainer in _The Last Remake of Beau Geste_? > > 2. Were you a WWI fighter pilot celebrated in song and story? > > 3. Were two characters in a recent sitcom named after you? > > Dunno, not Snoopy and dunno #1 was Spike Milligan. #2 is Correct. #3 was Sheldon Leonard, comic and TV producer, and source of _The Big Bang Theory_ names. DQs: 1. Living? 2. American? 3. Known for the Arts? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/172 "2024-03-25T14:00:17Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a former baeball player turned barkeep? > 2. Were you the real-life pitcher that #1 was based on? > 3. Were you the German royalty who Parliament decreed would be the ancestor of the British royal family? Dunno, dunno and not Sophia of Hanover. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/173 "2024-03-25T14:02:01Z")
S. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with S 4. dead 5. naturalized American 6. not known for the Arts ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/174 "2024-03-25T14:57:00Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 1. Were you a former baeball player turned barkeep? > > 2. Were you the real-life pitcher that #1 was based on? > > 3. Were you the German royalty who Parliament decreed would be the ancestor of the British royal family? > > Dunno, dunno and not Sophia of Hanover. Sam Malone, “Sudden” Sam McDowell, and correct. DQ: Died before 1950? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/175 "2024-03-25T15:00:43Z")
Sam Malone, from _Cheers,_ of course! 🤦‍♂️ S. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with S 4. dead 5. naturalized American 6. not known for the Arts 7. died before 1950 ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/176 "2024-03-25T15:17:43Z")
DQ: Died before 1900? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/177 "2024-03-25T17:03:46Z")
S. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with S 4. dead 5. naturalized American 6. not known for the Arts 7. died before 1950 8. died before 1900 ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/178 "2024-03-25T18:16:11Z")
DQs: 1. Died before 1800? 2. First name began with S? 3. Known for the military? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/179 "2024-03-25T18:56:29Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play Mr. Bumble in the movie _Oliver!_? 2. Did you play Mr. French on the TV series _Family Affair_? 3. Did Leslie Ann Warren play you in the movie _Clue_? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/180 "2024-03-26T00:23:49Z")
Dunno, not Sebastian Cabot and not Miss Scarlet. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124.md?page=10)